Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-04

Jill YVES iSsuIuSNi Tue pSUuAHS QueSL4O
being the adoption of the amendment by
Senator Slmkins.
Senator Allen moved to strike out"one
third" and insert 'one-fourtI" of the
qualified voters.
Pending the discussion, Senator Burgess
sent up q bill authorizing the Governor
to employ assistant counsel in the state
land cases away from the capital.
By Senator Bell, 3 bill to fix the venue
of cases in suits for damages in libel cases.
Adjourned until $50 p. IN.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Senator Frank called up his bill to es-
tablish the commission of appeals. An
amendment by Senator Gregg, providing
that the cases may be ergued before the
commission, was adopted. One or two
other amendments, perfecting the bill,
were adopted and the bill passed.
Senator Stinson's bill TO provide for
the separation Of partition fences passed
The bill to validate the ordinances OF
cities and towns where no daily paper is
published was engrossed.
{ The Senate refused to reCede from its
amendments to the deficiency bill and
Senator's Armistead, Jarvis and Frank
were appointed (. committee of confer
enCe.
| The bill to require the posting IN places
| of business CT occupation tax receipts
was called up, the object of the bill being
10 compel liquor dealers to pay their
] license. Senator Lane moved to make
thirty days of refusal or neglect to post
the license 8 separate Cffense instead of
each day. Lost. Senator Calhoun moved
to strike out the words Occupation tax"
and insert occupation license"
Adopted.
| Senator Pope moved 10 amend, pro-
viding that if the license is destroyed or
lost through no carelessness of the per-
son to whom issued, he shall not be pros
ecuted. Adopted.
! Senator Simkins moved to amend to
compelling peace officers to arrest Of
| tenders without warrant under a penalty
of $500 fine. Adopted.
Senator Houston cOntended that the
adoption Of Senator Pope's amendment
virtually killed the bill, and he proposed
to bury it, and moved to strike out the
enactipg clause. He was a friend OF the
bill but with that amendment he could
not support it. His motion to strike out
was lost,
motion to reconsider the vote adopt
ing Senator Pope's amendment was car
ried
Senator Terrell moved to amend, pro-
vidipg that IN case the license is lost or
destroyed, another shall be issued by the
proper officers.
Pending this amendment the Senate ad-
journed.
THE HOT Sc.
House bill No. 81, prohibiting the
watering of stocks and bonds by railroads,
passed.
House bill No. 43S Amending the law as
to the requirements for railroad reports
to the Comptroller. making them more
specific, passed.
House bill No. 81, authorizing cities
and towns to levy q tax tor certain i'm
provements, passed.
Mr.. Moore of Travis presented Joint
resolution amending section ., article 10,
OF the constitution, so as to authorize the
Legislature to appoint a railroad COM
mission.
Senate bill No. %, amending article
G78 CT the Penal Code relative to the OBJ
structing of railroads, passed.
Senate bill No. TO- amending articles
1889 CT the Revised Statutes, prescribing
when and how writs Of sequestration
may issue, pessed the third reading; also
Senate bill No. l5j, amending article
22l9, Revised Statutes, as to taking depo-
sitions.
A sSsge from the Senate announced
that that body had passed the deficiency
appropriation bill with amendments,
among them one raising the amount al
lived for attached Witnesses in felony
cases from SIG, 800 to S25, 800. The
House refused to concur in the amend
ment and asked for committee of con-
ference.
House bill No. 80, requiring thirty
days notice of reduction of wages by cor
porations, passed 10 :hjrd reading.
House DILL No. lG, amending article 435
of the code relative to the collection of
costs and fines against defaulting wit
nesses was ordered engrossed.
House bill No. 1872, amending articles
1904 and 1905, Revised Statutes, the local
option stock fence law, was substituted
by another bill, No. 2lI.
Ga the same subject, the amendment
SIS to "razor back hogs running
at large and eating the children's
grass" was ruled out of order. The
vote en- the adoption of the substitute re-
suited, ayes 81, nays 2G. The substitute
was ordered engrossed.
The Speaker had read q memorial from
the City Council Ct Austin calling atten-
tiCn to the broken and unhealthy condi- |
ton of the state sewer at it's mouth and
praying that such repairs as are necessary
be at once made, and that the sewers be |
heightened to such distances as will Sc
cure the emp,ying of the sewage into the
main channel Of the Colorado river, in
stead of emptying on the sand bar
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. Bell of Denton offered resolution |
commencing the Fort Worth GAZETTE for |
the Endorsement of the House in exclud-
ing from the hall Mr.. Garfield of the San |
Antonio Express. THE GAZETTE, he said,
was the only paper which had the manli-
ness 20 take that position. The motion
being adopted Mr.. Bell asked that the ar
ticle be read. Objected to.
Mr.. Prendergast moved that it be re-
ferred to the committee on federal rela-